"Does BJP Understand Democracy?" DMK's Kanimozhi After 15 MPs Suspended

Nine of the 14 suspended Lok Sabha MPs are from the Congress, while two are from the DMK - Kanimozhi and SP Parthiban, and the three others are from Left parties.

DMK MP Kanimozhi - one of 15 opposition leaders suspended this afternoon for the rest of the Parliament's Winter Session amid protests over Wednesday's security breach - has criticised the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party over double-standards in holding parliamentarians to account. 

Speaking to NDTV, she highlighted the lack of action against Prathap Simha - the BJP MP whose office issued passes to the two men who smoke-bombed the Lok Sabha - after the Trinamool Congress' Mahua Moitra was expelled from the House over unproven corruption allegations.

"I don't know how asking for an explanation (from the government on how yesterday's security breach occurred) us 'unruly conduct'. They suspended 15 of us but the MP who issued the passes is still in Parliament... he has not been suspended, or even called for an inquiry," she said.